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The Messed Up Gardener

By Esther William (Aitken)
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NEW Season 1 Oct 31, 2026 · 28 min

Ep 196: Why Do Your Tomatoes Look Healthy but Refuse to Grow?

🎧 Press Play to Listen to Today’s Episode Free Gardening Resources at the bottom of the show notes Your tomato plant looks healthy. The leaves are green. There are no obvious pests or disease. But while the tomatoes around it are growing... ...this one seems to be doing absolutely nothing. So does it need more water? More fertiliser? Or is something else slowing it down? In Episode 196 of The Messed-Up Gardener, Esther Williams looks at why healthy tomato plants can suddenly stall and what ma...

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  2. EP 49 Growing Your Best Capsicums & Tomatoes and how to Preserve & Store the excess
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  3. Ep 47 - Supermarket Fruit & Veggies Verses Growing Your Own.
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  4. Ep 46 - Sustainable Roots: Cultivating a Greener Future with Permaculture.
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  5. Ep 45 - Are you Spring ready? No? This Spring Garden Task List May Help.
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  7. Ep 43 - Ways to Improve your Garden Biodiversity & Why it’s important.
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  8. Ep 42 - Beating Garden Droughts with these Hot Tips.
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  9. Ep 41- Garden Events Pro’s Cons & How To Do’s
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